Rosternomics

Nationals WSN

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President of baseball ops: Paul Toboni (since 2026) · GM: Anirudh Kilambi (since 2026)

2026 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+13.8 pace
WAB — wins above budget (162-game pace)
+7.8 pace
TAB — roster Talent above budget (162-game pace)
25–26 (0.490)
record
+249M
surplus $M (value/$)
26.5
roster fWAR
$40.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
James Wood 23 pre-arb 53 6.3 0.8 +66.5
CJ Abrams 25 arb 52 5.9 4.2 +59.0
Cade Cavalli 27 pre-arb 11 3.6 0.9 +37.0
Daylen Lile 23 pre-arb 52 3.5 0.8 +36.0
Jacob Young 26 pre-arb 51 3.2 0.8 +33.7
Keibert Ruiz 27 arb 32 2.7 5.4 +23.3
Joey Wiemer 27 pre-arb 32 2.5 0.2 +26.6
Jake Irvin 29 pre-arb 11 1.8 2.8 +15.9
Gus Varland 29 pre-arb 20 1.5 0.8 +15.6
Curtis Mead 25 pre-arb 38 1.5 0.8 +15.4
Jorbit Vivas 25 pre-arb 41 1.1 0.8 +11.2
Andrew Alvarez 27 pre-arb 3 1.0 0.6 +10.5
Orlando Ribalta 28 pre-arb 11 1.0 0.7 +10.2
Foster Griffin 30 pre-arb 10 1.0 5.5 +5.3
Brad Lord 26 pre-arb 16 0.6 0.8 +5.6
Paxton Schultz 28 pre-arb 15 0.6 0.8 +5.6
Nasim Nuñez 25 pre-arb 50 0.4 0.8 +3.2
Richard Lovelady↔ NYM 30 arb 15 0.2 0.6 +1.5
Dylan Crews 24 pre-arb 5 0.1 0.6 +0.8
Andrés Chaparro 27 pre-arb 7 0.1 0.6 +0.0
Brady House 23 pre-arb 44 0.0 0.2 +0.2
Zak Kent↔ MIN 28 pre-arb 4 0.0 0.0 +0.4
Jackson Rutledge 27 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.2
Cole Henry 26 pre-arb 7 -0.1 0.8 -1.4
José Tena 25 pre-arb 40 -0.1 0.8 -1.8
Julian Fernández 30 pre-arb 3 -0.2 0.0 -1.7
Drew Millas 28 pre-arb 33 -0.3 0.8 -3.5
Riley Cornelio 26 1 -0.4 0.0 -4.3
Mitchell Parker 26 pre-arb 11 -0.5 0.7 -6.1
Luis García Jr. 26 48 -0.7
Andre Granillo 26 pre-arb 8 -0.8 0.1 -8.8
Clayton Beeter 27 pre-arb 12 -1.0 0.8 -11.1
Cionel Pérez 30 arb 16 -1.0 0.4 -11.1
PJ Poulin 29 pre-arb 23 -1.1 0.8 -12.1
Ken Waldichuk 28 pre-arb 5 -1.4 0.8 -15.3
Miles Mikolas 37 FA-elig 11 -1.7 2.2 -20.5
Zack Littell 30 FA-elig 10 -3.2 3.0 -36.6

37 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 36 of them (97%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR), annualized to full-season pace. Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for WSN
Gio Gonzalez201120.8
Trea Turner201519.4
Bryn Smith197716.4
Moisés Alou199013.8
Tanner Roark201012.8
Liván Hernández200312.8
Mike Lansing199112.0
Wilson Ramos201011.5
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Grady Sizemore200230.3
Cliff Lee200214.7
Lucas Giolito201613.5
Cliff Floyd199713.2
Gary Carter198412.8
Maicer Izturis200412.2
Tim Raines19908.2
Carl Pavano20028.1